Windcatchers in Iran used airflow, pressure, and evaporation to cool buildings in some of the hottest and driest environments ...

The strategic and spiritual resonance of the Strait of Hormuz is deeply woven into Iran’s identity. It represents a profound ...

The Parsis adopted local Hindu customs and followed certain social practices common in Gujarat Iran, the ancient homeland to the Parsis, is once again in the middle of a crisis after the recent ...

For more than a century, scholars stared at the same strange marks and got almost nowhere. The signs belonged to Linear Elamite, a 4,000-year-old writing system from ancient Iran. They appeared on ...

Iran’s government is often perceived as antisemitic, but the country has a longstanding Jewish community dating back 2,700 years ...

Hong Kong (CNN) — As US and Israeli bombardments rained down on Iran, damaging some cherished cultural sites, scores of Persian artifacts were safe and sound, 5,000 kilometers away in northern China, ...